BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. has broken ground on an 18,250-square-foot addition to the manufacturing facilities of Bay State Milling Co. in Bolingbrook. The property is located at 279 Beaudin Blvd. The new addition will include 32-foot clear heights and three new dock positions. Principle completed the original 80,500-square-foot building in 2008, when the company was known as TJ Harkins. Bay State Milling provides food ingredients, primarily grain and plant-based products. Michael Long of Principle will serve as the project executive, along with Darrin Dehmlow as project manager and Jack Grooms as onsite superintendent. Arête Design Studio is providing design services and V3 is providing civil engineering services.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Forest Green Office/Medical Complex, a four-building, 173,790-square-foot asset located along Greenville Avenue near Interstate 635 and the LBJ Freeway in Dallas. Ron Hebert and Michael Lawrence of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a California-based investment group. The property, which was built in 1985, was 82 percent leased at the time of sale.
DALLAS — Colliers International has secured an 88, 084-square-foot office lease on behalf of marketing agency Ansira Partners at Three Galleria Tower in north Dallas. Daniel Rudd and Billy Vahrenkamp of Colliers represented Ansira in the lease negotiations. Shannon Brown, Kenzie Killgore and Celeste Fowden of CBRE represented Galleria Towers. Ansira employees are scheduled to move into the property, which is located at 13155 Noel Road, in November.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Heritage Corporate Park, a 100-percent occupied flex/office property in Elmsford. PAG Investments acquired the 155,033-square-foot asset from an entity controlled by RNY Property Trust. Located at 80 and 100 Grasslands Road, Heritage Corporate Park sits on 8.5 acres in Westchester County’s commercial and industrial corridor. A 67,454-square-foot flex building at 100 Grasslands Road features a three-bay loading dock, 24-foot clear height, and showroom and warehouse space. It is complemented by a three-story, 87,579-square-foot office building at 80 Grasslands Road. Amenities include parking, on-site cafeteria service and a yoga and fitness studio. The property has served as the headquarters location for Amscan Inc. for more than 20 years and also serves as home to several other tenants. Cushman & Wakefield’s Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Frank DiTommaso and Al Mirin led the transaction.
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, PA. — The northeast regional office of Duke Realty Corp. has purchased 73 acres in Bethel Township for future development. The land, known as Central Logistics Park, fronts I-78 and can support the construction of a warehouse up to 832,000 square feet. Duke plans to develop a bulk warehouse on the site, which will be its fifth building in the Lehigh Valley area.
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.9 million sale of a 3,500-square-foot net leased property in West New York. A Sleepy’s/Mattress Firm occupies the property. Michael Lombardi and Alexander Pildes of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor.
FRANKLIN, MASS — Garrett Quinn of SVN Parsons Commercial Group Boston has negotiated a 13,904-square-foot industrial lease in Franklin. Quinn represented the tenant, MGB USA, in the lease at 157 Grove St., a 76,268-square-foot flex building located near I-495. McKenna Teague of Transwestern RBJ represented the landlord, GRE Grove Street Two LLC. MGB USA is moving from its current facility located at 121 Flanders Road in Westborough. The company manufactures precision electrical components used in applications including aerospace, defense, medical, telecommunications, and automotive hybrid and electrical instrumentation.
SAYVILLE, N.Y. — Breslin Realty has brokered a long-term lease with Chipotle Mexican Grill at Sayville Plaza in Sayville. Chipotle will occupy 2,300 square feet of newly constructed space in a shopping center located at the northwest corner of Sunrise Highway and Johnson Avenue. Other tenants at Sayville Plaza include Kmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, OfficeMax, Babies R Us, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Old Navy, Pier 1 Imports, The Vitamin Shoppe, Chase Bank, Sprint and Panera Bread. Breslin’s Robert Delavale negotiated the transaction on behalf of the landlord.
LOS ANGELES — Manchester Capital Management has purchased the Fine Arts Building, a 115,902-square-foot creative office building in downtown Los Angeles, for $43 million. The historic building is located at 811 W. 7th St. The Fine Arts Building was built in 1927 and renovated in 2016. It is 87.5 percent leased to tenants like WeWork, Pfeiffer Partners Architects, LTK Consulting Services, Hypothesis and SWA. NGKF’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Laura Stumm and Gibran Begum represented the buyer and seller, Sorgente Group of America, in this transaction.
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — Mill Valley-based Four Corners Property Trust Inc. has acquired 16 properties occupied by Bob Evans Restaurants as part of a $35.1 million sale-leaseback transaction. The transaction was completed simultaneously with Golden Gate Capital’s acquisition of Bob Evans Restaurants from Bob Evans Farms Inc. The properties are occupied under a single triple-net master lease with a 20-year initial term. They are primarily based in the Midwest and Northeast.